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No. 45. New Zealand, Honours. My Lord,— . Downing Street, Bth October, 1918. I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of Your Excellency's despatch, No. 130, of the 15th June, reporting the death on the 13th of that month of the Honourable Sir-Charles John Johnston, Speaker of the Legislative Council of the Dominion. I have learnt with regret of the death of Sir Charles Johnston, and I desire to express my appreciation of the public services he rendered to the Dominion of New Zealand. I have, &c. WALTER H. LONG. Governor-General His Excellency the Right Hon. the Earl of Liverpool, P.0., G.C.M.G., M.V.0., &c.

No. 46. New Zealand, Dominions No. 570. My Lord, — Downing Street, 14th October, 1918. With reference to my despatch, Dominions No. 341, of the 17th June, I have the honour to transmit to Your Excellency, for the information of your Ministers, copies of Army Council Instruction No. 955 of 1918, on the subject of cadetships at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, and changes in the method of allotment to corps, as between the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers. I have, &c, WALTER H. LONG. Governor-General His Excellency the Right Hon. the Earl of Liverpool, P.C., G.C.M.G., G.8.E., M.V.0., &c.

Enclosure. Army Council Instruction No. 955 op 1918. War Office, 26th August, 1918. 955. Army Entrance Examinations. — Cadetships at the Royal Military Academy. 1. It has been decided that, commencing with the June, 1919, Army Entrance Examinations, allotment to corps as between Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers, and allotment to branch of Artillery as between Royal Field Artillery and Royal Garrison Artillery, shall no longer be determined by a candidate's place on the successful list at an Army Entrance Examination. Cadets will be allotted to corps and to branches during the course of instruction at the Royal Military Academy on the result of their work at that institution. 2. An Army order amending the provisional regulations will shortly be issued. 43, R.M.A. 584 (S.D. 3a). By command of the Army Council. R. H. Brade.

No. 47. ' New Zealand, Dominions No. 612. My Lord, — Downing Street, 26th October, 1918. With reference to my despatch, Dominions No. 186, of the 30th March,. 1918, I have the honour to request Your Excellency to inform your Ministers that the Army Council have requested that they may be furnished with particulars as to the graves of all officers, non-commissioned officers, and men of His Majesty's Forces raised in any part of the British Empire, and also of enemy combatants, who have died in the oversea Dominions during the present war. 2. It is desired that, as in the case of Naval graves, details may be given as to names, rank, and number of the deceased; that the location of the graves may be indicated; and that, in particular, it may be stated whether the graves have been temporarily or permanently marked. 5—A. 2.